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Old Oct 12, 2005, 08:33 am   #7 (permalink) (top)
Livemike
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Somehow I doubt that Earth-orbiting telescopes would be able to see planets orbiting Alpha Centauri with as much detail as probes orbiting those planets would be able to.

- Rob

Well there is a limit on magnification/resolution that depends the distance between the edges of the array. Logically if you want really good resolution you should the array orbit the sun to get maximum effective mirror size. I call it the Bloody Huge Array concept.
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